Aidan Murphy, also known as Aidan Gillen, is a renowned Irish actor born on April 24, 1968. Throughout his illustrious career, he has garnered recognition and accolades, including three Irish Film & Television Awards, and has been nominated for prestigious honors such as a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, and a Tony Award.
Gillen's impressive television credits include notable roles in Channel 4's Queer as Folk, where he played Stuart Alan Jones from 1999 to 2000, and HBO's The Wire, in which he portrayed Tommy Carcetti from 2004 to 2008. He also appeared in RTÉ's Love/Hate as John Boy from 2010 to 2011, and had recurring roles in HBO's Game of Thrones as Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish from 2011 to 2017, and The History Channel's Project Blue Book as Dr. J. Allen Hynek from 2019 to 2020. Additionally, he featured as Aberama Gold in the BBC TV drama series Peaky Blinders from 2017 to 2019, and appeared in the crime dramas Mayor of Kingstown and Kin in 2021.
Gillen's filmography is equally impressive, with notable roles including Miles Jackson in 12 Rounds (2009),CIA operative Bill Wilson in The Dark Knight Rises (2012),Janson in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018),Robert in The Lovers (2017),Queen's manager John Reid in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018),and Jack Blackwell in Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021). Furthermore, he provided the voice and motion capture for Paul Serene in the 2016 video game Quantum Break.
